| Preface | | 9 |
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| Prologue | | 11 |
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| Chapter |
| 1 | Beginnings | 13 |
| 2 | A New Start, A New Gauge | 19 |
| 3 | From Toronto Northwards | 25 |
| 4 | Narrow Gauge Engineers | 35 |
| 5 | Opening the Campaign | 45 |
| 6 | To Nipissing-I, Campaign for a Charter | 47 |
| 7 | To Nipissing-II, Raising the Money | 51 |
| 8 | To Nipissing-III, Building the Road | 59 |
| 9 | To Lake Nipissing? | 81 |
| 10 | The LSJR Branch | 85 |
| 11 | To Grey and Bruce-I, Campaign for a Charter | 93 |
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| 12 | To Grey and Bruce-II, Raising the Money | 97 |
| 13 | To Grey and Bruce-III, Building the Road | 113 |
| 14 | Organizing to Build a New Railway | 147 |
| 15 | Constructing the Lines | 157 |
| 16 | Locomotives | 181 |
| 17 | Passenger and Freight Stock | 221 |
| 18 | Stations and Equipment | 233 |
| 19 | Operations | 243 |
| 20 | Epilogue | 281 |
| 21 | Locomotives and Rolling Stock | 287 |
| 22 | Buildings and Structures | 319 |
| 23 | The Colour of the Narrow Gauge | 347 |
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| Appendix A | Provisional Directors of the T&NR | 357 |
| Appendix B | Provisional Directors of the TG&BR | 359 |
| Appendix C | Officers of the T&NR and TG&BR | 361 |
| Appendix D | The Narrow Gauge Charters | 362 |
| Appendix E | Map of the TG&BR | 366 |
| Appendix F | Map of the T&NR | 367 |
| Appendix G | Disposition of Locomotives, and Surviving Routes | 368 |
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| Notes | | 369 |
| Index | | 381 |